This is the information page about the shipwreck Arcola, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 16.675 N,3 38.303 E (53.0945, 3.4)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: Arcola

Length 62.2 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1390 ton

Cause: Built in 1897 by cant navale 'ferrari', la spetzia. owned at time of loss by societa supply vessels meridionali spa. hit fender of production platform in block k14, which she was supplying with drinking water and deck cargo and was holed. was sunk by the bow, with stern showing for 2.5 hours, before finally sinking some 500mtrs from the platform. crew recovered. (msd).

Year of registration: 1990

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 345 cm

Known since: 1990, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: HH160/351/01 2.7.90 SUNK IN 531629N, 033817E. MARKED BY W CARD BUOY, VQ(9)10S. (NETHERLANDS CG TELEX 27.6.90). WK NEEDS TO BE QUICKLY REMOVED TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO U/WATER PIPES. (LL, 29.6.90). NCA YET. HH160/351/01 8.8.90 DW IN 531648N, 033828E. W CARD BUOY, VQ(9)10S, 'ARCOLA', LAID CLOSE NW. (NETHERLANDS NM 396/90).

- NM 2333/90. HH160/351/01 4.9.90 OWNERS HAVE ABANDONED WK. SALVAGE FEASIBLE BUT NOT ECONOMIC. (LL, 4.8.90). SMIT TAK CONTRACTED TO REMOVE OIL FROM WK. (LL, 13.8.90). HH160/351/02 28.11.90 CONSTRUCTIVE TOTAL LOSS. (LL, 6.11.90). LEAST DEPTH NOW 15.6MTRS. (NETHERLANDS NM 542/90).

- NM 3504/90. HH160/351/03 2.12.91 NOW WK SW 17.2MTRS IN 531648N, 033827.5E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 600/91). BR STD. HH160/351/03 7.1.92 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (NETHERLANDS NM 48/92).

- NM 241/92. 3.5.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 17.1MTRS IN 5316.755N, 0338.385E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 1632 [INT 1420] [2007 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 1632.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Dutch wreck records 2017(SEP 2017/000040330) used aswell

Position: 53 16.675 N,3 38.303 E

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway